Theology Books

Why chasing after expressive individualism, experiences, and desires always fails to deliver on its promise of happiness.Today we are told to be true to ourselves, look within for answers, and follow our hearts. But when we put our own happiness first,...

*With a foreword from Tim Keller*A bold vision for Christians who want to engage the world in a way that is biblically faithful and culturally sensitive.In Biblical Critical Theory, Christopher Watkin shows how the Bible and its unfolding story help us...

In John 8:32 Jesus said, “And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.” Then why, do I have doubts about my salvation What is truth What does free mean How can I know for sure that I have salvation One cannot be free without...

In this final book written before his death, C. S. Lewis continue to challenge readers to revisit the power of prayer in our everyday lives. Within twenty-two letters between fictitious correspondents, Lewis shares his understanding of the role of...

Christianity Today 2021 Book Award Winner: Apologetics & EvangelismTelling a Better Story clears a path to a more effective, empathetic apologetics for today—both for experienced apologists and those new to sharing their faith with others.Today's...

The Church’s Twenty-One ecumenical councils have been crucial to its understanding of its biblical heritage. They have taken place less frequently in recent centuries, only three since 1517: Trent (1545-1563), Vatican I (1869—1870), and Vatican II...

Harry Clarke's Geneva Window of 1929 with the lines from Yeats' play, The Countess Cathleen, evokes a sense of the wonder and beauty of redemptive love, with all its latent power to transform. Does love of this kind make a difference as to how we should...

The classic Christological formulations of the 4th and 5th Centuries are basically meaningless today. Questioning the Incarnation offers a new approach to Christology based on modern biblical, scientific and philosophical studies. Whilst using different...

In some religious traditions the contemplative life is seen to demand an almost complete turning away from the world. But, within the Dominican tradition, the preacher of the living Word is someone possessed not only by a vision of God but also by a...

Many contexts have shaped Benedict XVI during his life, but how did Joseph Ratzinger come to be such a great theologian with, as Corkery puts it, "his polemical bent and his keen eye for where the Gospel and the world diverge"? Corkery's insightful book...

Death remains the one gateway through which every human being must pass, the one experience nobody can avoid. In our thoughts we may treat it like an unwelcome guest, someone whom we do not want to know. And so, we need to discover how to look at death...

What is the point of preaching? Does it bore God as well as the hearers? Is it ever possible to preach helpfully on moral questions? Can preaching learn anything from adult education? How does preaching relate to a life of prayer or contemplation? Why...

Thirty-Seven Dominican Theologians, Women And Men, Reflect On Their Experiences Of Doing Theology', Of Entering Into The Mystery Of God And Sharing This Good News With Others. They Offer It To Using The Mystery Of God And Sharing This Journey As...

This is a book about faith, and about the need to search for faith with integrity - an integrity which requires a ruthless honesty and seeks to leave no place for compartmentalising the self. In this search, Bishop Clarke reconnoitres the territory in...

Women in the Hindu World explores the role of womanhood in Hindu religious culture and how the faith influences women’s social experiences. Women in the Hindu World encourages readers to develop and nurture their own understanding of the life of a woman...

Find new meaning and understanding in the teachings of Gaudiya Vaishnavism with Swami B. B. Bodhayan’s Essential Vaishnava Teachings.Who am I? Who is God? What is Guru? How do I relate to other gurus and their disciples What is the dharma that we follow?...

Seeking what he describes as "the utmost limit of the knowledge our natural reason can achieve . . . concerning the True Existence [that is God]," John Duns Scotus (12651308) offers in this treatise one of philosophy's most rigorous and ambitious...

The Bible is not some dusty textbook, but a veritable circus of humanity, with high-soaring saints, back-talking donkeys, left-handed kingslayers, and all the glory and gore you can fit inside the big top of this biblical tent.And everywhere in this...

This book analyses ten writings (sichahs) of the Lubavitcher Rebbe that are printed in the collection of his works known as Likkutei Sichot. All ten sichahs touch on aspects of the interplay between divine providence and free choice. This book collects...

Demonstrates how the Quran stands out as a divine work, surpassing all other products of the human mind.

Originally published in 1957, this classic work has guided generations of scholars through the arcane mysteries of medieval political theology. Throughout history, the notion of two bodies has permitted the post mortem continuity of monarch and monarchy,...

Walter Lowrie's classic, bestselling translation of Soren Kierkegaard's most important and popular books remains unmatched for its readability and literary quality. Fear and Trembling and The Sickness Unto Death established Kierkegaard as the father of...

What Is Man? A Journey Through Biblical Anthropology is the English translation of Che cosa l'uomo?, the Pontifical Biblical Commission's ground-breaking study of what the Holy Scriptures teach about the nature of humanity.This influential report takes...

'God is no thing, but not nothing.' These words from the renowned thinker Herbert McCabe point to a fallacy at the heart of New Atheist polemics against religion: the deity rejected by Richard Dawkins, Christopher Hitchens, Sam Harris and their followers...

A groundbreaking work on spirituality and creativity.The Place of All Possibility is a paradigm-shifting work that reframes the whole of Torah as a contemporary guidebook for creativity. Drawing from the deep well of Jewish sacred texts and the radical...

An evocative investigation of ecotheology's first principles, Green Gospel will serve as antidote to the spiritual devastations of the climate crisis. As climate change continues to ravage our planetary home, deepening the divide between Earth and her...

Tradesmen look at buildings differently, depending on their trade: The carpenter casts an eye on the woodwork, the bricklayer on the brickwork and the painter on the walls and ceilings. Similarly, the greater a person's perception of Allh's names, the...

Editor's note: The author has written an eloquent, moving book about following, rejecting, and rediscovering a belief system that explains our relationship to God. The author goes to great lengths to define terms and explain their shortcomings. He does...

A compelling appraisal of the state of our present-day world, and a bold, visionary, Spirit-filled blueprint for its transformation and evolution through radical loving and audacious holiness.For many of us, it feels as if our world is breaking apart...

A smart, hip and provocative book for anyone interested in the rich diversity of Jewish thought on contemporary questions.Should we edit our children's genes? Are there things that can't be forgiven? Are Jews still expecting a messiah? Is Judaism good...

C.S. Lewis For Beginners is a thorough examination of C. S. Lewis, the greatest Christian apologist of the twentieth century, throughout his career as an author and as a professor at Oxford University.A Christian apologist defends Christianity as a...

Gypsy and Traveller religiosity is a field of study that has long been dominated by non-GRT voices. In this book Dr. Horne, the first person of Romany decent in the UK to be awarded a PhD in Theology, expertly reclaims a past and a future for Gypsies and...

LGBTQI people in the church have spent a long time being told what God expects of them and how they should behave. From prohibitions on who they might love or marry, to erasure and denial, the theological record is one in which LGBTQI people are far too...

"Allah's are the names most beautiful. Whatever is in the heavens and earth extols His glory."-The Qur'an (Al-Hashr 59:24)"Allah has 99 names. He who remembers these will certainly enter Paradise."-Prophet Muhammad (Bukharhi Hadith Kitab Ad-Dawat,...

David Vishanoff's thorough and original unpacking of the Sunn jurist al-Juwayn's (10281085) Kitb al-Waraqt f ul al-fiqh introduces English-speaking readers to the main concepts, terms, principles, and functions of the classical Islamic discipline of...

Is there such a thing as a Hip Hop 'theology'? Drawing on interviews from those in the Hip Hop community, and a critical engagement with the theological and ecclesiological ruminations of over 8,500 songs, Hodge aims to paint a picture of what a Hip Hop...

Discover the power, names, and virtues of 224 angels Angelology is a pop-illustrated encyclopedia that presents angels in way they've never been presented before - in the style of a superhero comic book. Readers will discover the names, powers, and...

The Bhagavad Gita is the best known of all the Indian scriptures, and Eknath Easwaran's best-selling translation is reliable, readable, and profound. Easwaran's 55-page introduction places the Bhagavad Gita in its historical setting, and brings out the...

The Qur'an is God's word. It was revealed to Prophet Muhammad through the Angel Gabriel 1,400 years ago and has been preserved in its original form ever since, guiding humankind to the Islamic creed and legislation, informing them of the stories of...